Dell U2414H

[Vulcan]

I was looking to replace my TN monitor for an IPS one, so I went with the recommended Dell U2414H, but I can't say I liked it.

It looked like there was a white sheet in front of everything with 90% transparency, which actually resulted in worst colours than the TN.

Is this typical of IPS or is this because of the coating?

Below is roughly what it looked like, with the bottom being the Dell IPS.

 

[Vulcan]

Brightness turned up too high? Have you calibrated it? (or just fiddled with the settings)

Yeah I play around a lot with the settings, I ended up using the profile supplied by ftfcentral, but regardless of the brightness, it still have that whitish colour.

 

[Vulcan]

How have you connected it up and what GPU are you using? Make sure you're using a Full Range RGB signal as detailed in my review of the monitor and article entitled: "Correcting HDMI Colour on Nvidia and AMD GPUs". The way you've described this with your picture sounds exactly like this is the issue - great illustration BTW.

Tried that already.

your screen isn't calibrated correctly, too bright most likely and maybe slightly low on contrast. My calibration tool tells me to set brightness to 50% (using screen buttons not in OS) when it's 'tuning' the settings so I'd try this first.

There will always be a subtle glow with IPS but it's hardly noticeable on my screen.

I wasn't able to resolve it no matter how bright or not I set it.


But what I'm guessing you're all saying is that this is not a typical IPS issue?